1 Man Dead, 1 Injured After Being Hit By MTA Bus In West Hollywood

WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — An elderly man is dead and another man critically injured after being hit by a bus in West Hollywood late Monday night.

The two men, ages 81 and 50 years old, were crossing the street at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard and Palm Avenue around 11:40 p.m. when they were hit by an MTA bus, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

The bus driver told authorities that he was driving the vehicle back to the depot at the end of his shift when the accident happened.

The unidentified victims were transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where the elderly man died.